Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rugis
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This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *rugiz. Has also been compared with Baltic words (like Latvian rudzis, Lithuanian rugỹs, Old Prussian rugis), but a borrowing from Baltic or Balto-Slavic would not have resulted in *rugis, but **rugëh.[1]
Noun
[edit]*rugis[2]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *rugis
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rugis | *rukihët | |
| accusative | *rukihën | *rukihët | |
| genitive | *rukihën | *rugistën *rukihidën | |
| partitive | *rugista | *rukihita | |
| inessive | *rukihëssa *rukihëhna |
*rukihissa *rukihihna | |
| elative | *rukihësta | *rukihista | |
| illative | *rukihësën | *rukihisën | |
| adessive | *rukihëlla | *rukihilla | |
| ablative | *rukihëlta | *rukihilta | |
| allative | *rukihëlën *rukihëlëk |
*rukihilën *rukihilëk | |
| essive | *rugissa | *rukihina | |
| translative | *rukihëksi | *rukihiksi | |
| instructive | *rukihën | *rukihin | |
| comitative | *rugissëk | *rukihinëk | |
| abessive | *rukihëtta | *rukihitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: rukis
- Finnish: ruis
- Ingrian: ruis
- Karelian:
- Livonian: ri’ggõz
- Livvi: ruiš
- Ludian: rugiž
- Veps: rugiž
- Votic: rüiz, ruiz
References
[edit]- “rukis”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012